broody silkie???

[Jennings Gamefowl]

I have a silkie that I bought from a local breeder saturday.. my question is will she go broody? I have several hens that have a roo and I want to hatch them out...so I praying that she will....

will the silkie sit on them???

 

[sben451]

My Silkie hen, who is 11 months old, went broody last month. I had been collecting eggs to put into our homemade incubator, so after a couple of days, when I was pretty sure she was serious about staying on the two eggs she had in her nest, I put six more of her own eggs under her. She has been a great mother, taking super care of the eggs and last week hatched 6 cute little Silkie chicks (two of the eggs showed no development when I candled). Just keep an eye on your hen and you'll know when she's gone broody. I've always heard that Silkies make great mother hens.

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

Silkies will try to hatch tennis balls if you let them...